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Boehner: When you look at this final agreement that we came to with the White House, I got 98 percent of what I wanted. I'm pretty happy. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/01/eveningnews/main20086598.shtml
The market bounced a bit as 2008 turned to 2009 - investors were buying as they looked forward to a clean slate, a new presidential administration, and a final resolution to the disaster on Wall Street.
In late September and early October of 2008, there was massive failure in the investment banking system. Some examples included the government bailout of insurer AIG, the acquisition of Wachovia Bank by Wells Fargo, and the merger of Merrill Lynch with Bank of America. The financial crisis led investors to leave stocks for safer investments, like Treasury bills and bonds, causing a major drop in major indices like the S&P 500.
The U.S. government's announcement that it would lend troubled indsurer AIG up to $85 billion to save its business was met with enthusiasm in the markets. Stock prices rose as investors gained confidence that the government would back or even buy some of the poisonous assets that have brought down major firms like Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers in recent weeks.
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The stock market responded positively to news that the Fed and Treasury would take over mortgage insurers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Shareholders of both firms suffered, however, as the two entities could not stay afloat amid the storm of defaulted loans and worthless subprime mortgage backed securities that have dragged down the entire financial system in 2008.
When the U.S. federal government passed a bailout plan on 10/3/08, preparing to buy up to $700 billion in troubled assets from financial services firm, it was expected to boost stock prices and restore investor confidence in the markets.The opposite happened - the S&P and Dow Jones, the two major U.S. indices, plummeted all week. A large part of the issue was news of similar, large scale government interventions elsewhere in the world, including Britain and Germany. The ripple effect of the 2008 Financial Crisis has wide range.
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The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators Summer Conference is held annually at the Hyatt Regency in Century City, about a mile from Beverly Hills. Not a shabby place to have a conference. This was the second time I'd attended the conference, the last time being two years ago.
There were over 1200 attendees this year from 46 states and 15 (I think) countries. And there were only about 300 guys, which was interesting conference trivia, but I'm happily married. Haha. What I loved most about the conference was the amount of energy, excitement, creativity, and motivation all under one roof. Even though I was exhausted when I left on Sunday afternoon, I was energized about my writing--and my writing future.
The two highlight keynote speakers for me could not have been more different. Tony Diterlizzi is an author and illustrator, and is probably most famous for co-authoring The Spiderwick Chronicles. He was the most dynamic author speaker I'd ever seen, part comedian and part motivational speaker. And an extremely gifted artist. He spoke about imagination and connecting with your inner child in writing children's books. What would your inner child find interesting, not what the adult author thinks a child will find interesting. And it all came back to the limitless imagination of a child. He also left us with a touching quote from Albert Einstein:
If you want your children to be intelligent, then read them fairy tales. If you want your children to be more intelligent, then read them more fairy tales.My other favorite speaker was Sara Shepard, who is the author of the popular teen series Pretty Little Liars. I was inspired by her because she was not a dynamic speaker. She actually seemed nervous in front of the large ballroom audience. She inspired me because that's how I see myself reacting to being in a similar situation, and if she can do it, then I can, too! I just need to sell a few million copies. Sara talked about how to keep a series going, and she's contracted to go to book 14 in the Pretty Little Liars series, so it was interesting to hear her strategies for keeping it going after about 10 books while remaining separate from the television show. She focuses on a good scandal, which she defines as "good people doing bad things."
My favorite breakout session was with debut author, Jennifer Bosworth (someone from So Cal like me), and her topic centered around becoming a conspicuous writer--standing out in this huge ocean of writers. Attract attention. Be visible. Stand out. I found her discussion about extraverts vs. introverts interesting. Extraverts are people who gather energy in social settings while introverts hemorrhage energy in social settings (losing it to the extraverts). Even though she is a debut author, she already has the experience of participating in a multi-city book tour for her young adult novel, Struck. When she started out by saying she was a horror fanatic, I was hooked.
The conference was such a wonderful experience. It gave me a chance to learn more about the industry I want to professionally be a part of straight from industry leaders. I was also given a few new suggestions and strategies for my writing and promotion. What I need to get better at is networking and talking to new people. My parents must have conditioned me "not to talk to strangers" when I was a child a little too well. I have a genuine interest in talking to people, I just second guess their willingness to want to talk with me. I know, it's something I need to work on if I want to become a conspicuous writer. A next step for me will be to connect with a regional chapter for SCBWI to meet with local writers more regularly throughout the year.
This was the view from my 16th floor balcony. I wish I could have stayed longer!

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What should not be stored in Google Docs:
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NATIONAL FUEL GAS DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, PETITIONERv.PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, RESPONDENT. WILLIAM WELCH ET AL., INTERVENORS. NATIONAL FUEL GAS DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, PETITIONER V. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, RESPONDENT. SHARON STEEL CORPORATION ET AL., INTERVENORS. NATIONAL FUEL GAS DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, PETITIONER V. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, RESPONDENT
Appeals from the Orders of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission in cases of Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission v. National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation, Docket Nos. R-79090956 and M-FACG8004.
Michael W. Gang, with him W. Russel Hoerner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, and Heino H. Prahl, Phillips, Lytle, Hitchock, Blain & Huber, for petitioner.
Charles F. Hoffman, Chief Counsel, with him Allison K. Turner, Assistant Counsel, Steven A. McClaren, Deputy Chief Counsel, and Albert W. Johnson, for respondent.
Philip M. McClelland, with him Daniel Clearfield and Norman J. Kennard, for intervenor, Walter W. Cohen, Consumer Advocate.
George M. Schroeck, with him Howard L. Rubenfield and Stephen A. George, Buchanan, Ingersoll, Rodewald, Kyle & Buerger, for intervenor, Sharon Steel Corporation et al.
Mary Ann Rastatter, with her Kenneth C. Springirth, for intervenor, William Welch et al.
President Judge Crumlish, Jr. and Judges Rogers, Blatt, Williams, Jr. and Doyle. Opinion by Judge Rogers.
Author: Rogers
[ 76 Pa. Commw. Page 105]
In these consolidated cases, the National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation (NFG) seeks review of four orders of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) entered, respectively, August 28, 1980; September 4, 1980; October 20, 1980; and December 30, 1981.
The Commission's order entered August 28, 1980, disposes of the matter of NFG's Pennsylvania Gas Tariff No. 19, filed by the utility on November 29, 1979, and requesting authorization to collect from its customers additional annual revenues of $21,390,527. The Commission found the proposed rates to be unreasonable and permitted NFG instead to file a tariff or tariff supplement designed to produce an increase in annual operating revenues of $8,549,761. The Commission additionally ordered NFG to submit a proposal for the refund to ratepayers of 80% of its profits from off-system gas sales during a specified period in 1979 and 1980. NFG seeks review of that portion of the order requiring a refund of off-system sales profits.
The Commission's orders entered August 28, 1980, September 4, 1980, and October 20, 1980, refused NFG's request that the increased rates above described be made applicable to service rendered after August 28, 1980, the last day of the seven-month tariff suspension period authorized by Section 1308(d) of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Code (Code), 66 Pa. C.S. § 1308(d) and instead ordered that the increased rates be effective as of October 4, 1980. NFG challenges this decision.
Finally, the Commission's orders entered August 28, 1980, and December 30, 1981, require NFG to refund
[ 76 Pa. Commw. Page 106]
to its consumers $13,886,062 representing costs associated with the purchase of synthetic natural gas (SNG) from Ashland Oil Company of Tonawanda, New York, which costs the Commission found to be imprudently incurred. NFG also contests this refund order.
Many issues have been raised and thoroughly briefed by the parties. Of these, there appears to be general agreement that the most difficult and important to the parties is that of the refunds ordered on account of the SNG purchases referred to above. We will, therefore, begin with a discussion of the issues related to the SNG purchases, will next address the issue of NFG's off-system sales and we will conclude briefly with a reiteration of our view, recently expressed in another decision of this Court, of the effect of Section 1308(d) of the Code with respect to the effective date of rate increases following a suspension. For the reasons that will appear, a number of other issues do not at this time require our resolution.
I. Costs Related to the Purchase of Synthetic Natural Gas
A. Factual Background
In the early 1970's, Pennsylvania and, indeed, the whole of the United States, faced a projected natural gas supply shortage of unprecedented dimensions which it was believed would persist for at least a decade. The Commission, on February 1, 1972, following investigation, concluded:
Nationwide . . . gas supplies are estimated to equal only 72%, 63% and 55% of the projected demand in the years 1975, 1980 and 1985; respectively. Apparently, demand will exceed supply unless new sources of gas are developed.
Iroquois Gas Corporation (NFG's corporate predecessor) responded in 1972 to the call for development
[ 76 Pa. Commw. Page 107]
of new gas supplies by entering into a contract with Ashland Oil Company, an unregulated petroleum refiner, by which Ashland agreed to manufacture and Iroquois agreed to purchase for distribution and resale up to 60,000 MCF*fn1 daily of synthetic natural gas to be manufactured from liquid petroleum feedstocks at Ashland's Tonawanda, New York refinery. The term of the agreement was ten years and the initial price to Iroquois of the SNG was fixed at $1.21 per MCF; this price to rise in accordance with formulae contained in the agreement as Ashland's costs of raw materials and other production costs should increase.
Contemporaneously with a corporate reorganization in which NFG assumed Iroquois' contractual liabilities, extensive plant facilities were constructed by Ashland*fn2 and, on May 14, 1974, the agreement became effective. Thereafter, for more than four years, Ashland produced and NFG distributed to its Pennsylvania and New York customers,*fn3 SNG produced pursuant
[ 76 Pa. Commw. Page 108]
to this agreement. It is undisputed that during at least part of this period SNG suppliers avoided the necessity of curtailing the supply of gas to NFG's Pennsylvania customers. The Administrative Law Judge, in his recommended decision dated July 16, 1980, evaluated these first years of the agreement's operation as follows:
The subsequent history through the winter of 1978 indicates that management of National Fuel Gas Company was farsighted in arranging for alternate sources of natural gas at a time of severe shortage.
The forces which impelled the Commission to examine the agreement between Ashland and NFG in these cases were economic. On December 1, 1978, federal legislation*fn4 relaxing certain pricing controls had the effect of greatly increasing supplies of natural gas to large interstate distributors like NFG and, at about this time, concerted controls on oil price and supply imposed by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries had the effect of greatly increasing the price of the liquid petroleum feedstocks from which Ashland manufactured the SNG. Thereafter, with supplies of natural gas at least temporarily restored and with the price of SNG escalating to over $6.00 per MCF (more than twice the prevailing price for natural gas), NFG's ten-year contractual commitment to purchase Ashland SNG appeared less beneficial than originally envisioned, although NFG's managers persisted in their belief that the SNG supplies produced pursuant to the agreement were necessary safely
[ 76 Pa. Commw. Page 109]
to meet NFG's projected customer demand for the fuel.
Sometime in 1978, NFG commenced negotiations with Ashland for lower prices for the SNG supplied or for a supplement to the parties' agreement reducing the amount of SNG which NFG was required to purchase. A proposed supplement reducing NFG's required SNG purchases from 18.2 BCF to 14.1 BCF was executed by the parties and submitted to the Commission for approval on April 5, 1979. A similar submission was made to the New York Public Service Commission which regulates NFG's rates and service to its New York customers. No action on the proposed supplement was taken by the Pennsylvania Commission but the New York Commission, by order issued July 13, 1979, disapproved the supplement and further expressed its intention to deny to NFG any future recovery of costs associated with the purchase of Ashland SNG beyond the $.50 per MCF charge in lieu of purchase provided in Paragraph 4.3 of the 1972 contract which is as follows:
The parties, in recognition of Seller committing itself to the manufacture of gas from petroleum feedstocks for sale to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement rather than engaging in other commercial endeavors with respect to such feedstocks, and further, in view of the parties hereby recognizing the difficulty in ascertaining and proving appropriate damages, agree that unless Buyer is relieved from accepting and purchasing gas under other provisions . . . Buyer agrees to pay Seller in accordance with the terms of Article IX hereof for all gas which Buyer is obligated to purchase hereunder but does not accept and purchase the sum of Fifty Cents (50 cents) for each Mcf of such unaccepted and unpurchased quantity of gas
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which Seller could produce from the Plant Facilities under normal operating conditions.
Thereafter, further negotiations produced a second proposed contractual supplement reducing NFG's annual SNG purchase obligation to 10 BCF with a $.50 per MCF penalty for each of the 8.2 million MCF in reduced annual purchases that this figure represented. In late September, 1979, the second supplement was submitted to both the Pennsylvania and New York Commissions for approval. NFG represented in an accompanying letter that in the light of certain characteristics of Ashland's overall operations, the second supplement "reflect[ed] the currently irreducible minimum cost of retaining Ashland SNG as a supply source." In its order dated October 4, 1979, the New York Commission did not take issue with NFG's assessment but formulated the question before it as:
Whether the security of SNG availability over the next year is worth the present cost of approximately $18 million dollars.
This question was answered in the negative; the New York Commission reasoning in pertinent part:
While we recognize that the [second supplement] now before us offers about $10 million more in savings to consumers than the one rejected in our July 13 Order, we are not persuaded that approval of it would be in the best interest of National Fuel's ratepayers. It remains our view that National Fuel's 1972 contract with Ashland can reasonably be construed to give it the right to reduce the contract quantities of SNG that it takes from Ashland in return for payment of 50 cents per MCF for gas not taken. Moreover, it is clear that National Fuel does not now need to take any SNG from
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Ashland to meet the needs of its customers. It is also apparent from the latest supplement that Ashland is still unwilling to lower its price of SNG to a level more competitive with pipeline gas and that National Fuel is either unwilling or unable to sell the gas at the price being charged by Ashland. It could only market the SNG by averaging its high cost with the lower cost of other supplies requiring its customers, in effect, to subsidize the off-system sales the SNG makes possible. By accepting the latest supplement in these circumstances, we would be requiring National Fuel's ratepayers now to pay a premium of approximately $18 million dollars annually for SNG with the only clear potential benefit to them being some assurance that this source of supply would be available if needed, sometime in the future. Ashland's price for this is simply too high. In sum, we can find no economically sound justification for the continued purchase of SNG at Ashland's price, particularly in light of the terms of the original contract.*fn5
[ 76 Pa. Commw. Page 112]
Following the New York Commission's disapproval, NFG arranged for a meeting with staff members of the Pennsylvania Commission which meeting was conducted on October 15, 1979, and attended by NFG's
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President and Ashland's Group Vice President. There is some disagreement between the parties to the instant appeal as to what, precisely, occurred at this meeting but it can safely be said that members of the Commission's staff advised NFG to obtain a ruling by the Commission on the matter of the proposed second contractual supplement by means of an application by NFG for Commission approval of a revised Gas Cost Rate*fn6 incorporating the SNG quantity and price figures
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proposed in the supplement.*fn7 The suggested application for Commission action on a Revised Gas Cost Rate Statement No. 2 (GCR -- 2) was made to the Commission by NFG the next day, October 16, 1979, and was approved by the Commission subject to the following caveat on November 18, 1979:
Approval of this reduced rate does not constitute any determination regarding the reasonableness of National Fuel's contract to purchase synthetic natural gas from Ashland Oil,
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Inc. or any supplements thereto. Furthermore, this approval does not affect the Commission's power to undertake any subsequent investigations regarding any of the matters here involved.
The supplement then went into effect and delivery of approximately 3.6 BCF of Ashland SNG was accepted by NFG during the period from November, 1979, through February, 1980. On March 4, 1980, in an order deciding issues raised by a previous tariff revision filing of NFG, the Commission ordered that the matter of the 1972 contract between NFG and Ashland be the subject of full investigation on the occasion of the utility's next general rate increase request.
The opportunity for this investigation was presented in the context of the general rate increase request earlier filed by NFG on November 29, 1979, in which NFG proposed the terms of a revised tariff intended to increase its annual operating revenues by about $21 million. The proposed new rates were suspended by the Commission, an investigation was commenced into their legality and reasonableness, and a decision by Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Michael A. Nemec -- recommending an annual revenue increase of some $7 million -- was issued on July 16, 1980. This decision, 142 pages in length and dealing in great detail with the many issues of property valuation, rate of return, and operating expenses raised by NFG's tariff filing, further recommends with respect to NFG's purchases of Ashland SNG action similar to that taken by the New York Commission, namely, allowance of recovery in rate charges of costs related to SNG purchases up to and including the period of the GCR -- 2 approved by the Commission on November 18, 1979, but prospective disallowance of costs associated with any future purchases beyond the $.50 per MCF referred to in para. 4.3 of the 1972 agreement.
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The Administrative Law Judge rejected NFG's contention that it should be permitted to continue to make SNG purchases until the end of the contract term in 1984 at the reduced quantities described in its second contract supplement. In support of continued purchases, NFG argued that maintenance of the Ashland gas supply source was necessary to meet anticipated customer demand and that the utility's failure to make such purchases would expose it and, ultimately, its Pennsylvania customers, to unacceptable liability in case Ashland should then bring suit for breach of the 1972 agreement.
On these matters the Administrative Law Judge wrote:
I recommend this Commission in essence adopt the position advocated by OCA [Office of the Consumer Advocate]. No active party to this proceeding, with the possible exception of the Erie complainants, fault [NFG] or [NFG's] predecessor, for originally entering into the contract with Ashland. Both OCA and the New York Commission believe that the contract as initially conceived was appropriate and even commendable under the circumstances then existing. It is simply too much, to my mind, to have expected the management of National Fuel Gas Company in 1972 to have anticipated the coming together of the foreign oil producing states into a powerful block which would then be able to control the price of oil at will. Indeed, the subsequent history through the winter of 1978 indicates that management of National Fuel Gas Company was far-sighted in arranging for alternate sources of natural gas at a time of severe shortage.
I justify my recommendation on the basis that it is no longer reasonable to pass on the
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costs of Ashland SNG to Pennsylvania ratepayers. . . . [It] is evident from Trial Staff's calculations of the impact of the removal of SNG from the GCR that under present supply conditions, SNG is simply too expensive.
This Commission has never adopted or approved in any manner the NFG/Ashland contract. This Commission has, however, in the past, permitted the recovery of the costs associated with the SNG as being fair and reasonable. It is also far too speculative at this juncture to speculate on [NFG's] potential liability to Ashland. My recommendation is that this Commission exclude all costs of Ashland SNG from the rates to be set in this proceeding and from the GCR3, to be considered in August, 1980. I further recommend that the question of refunds resulting from alleged unreasonableness of the price of SNG in the past, raised by the Erie complainants and Trial Staff, be reserved until [NFG's] liability, if any, is determined.
The Erie complainants . . . seek a total refund in excess of $56 million on a theory that virtually none of the purchases of Ashland SNG have been reasonable or economically justifiable.
In response to the Erie complainants' claim for refunds, NFG has, in addition to a vigorous defense of the reasonableness of the contract with Ashland, plead a four year limitation on the collection of refunds, Public Utility Code, § 1312, and, further stated that all refunds sought here are barred on a theory or principle of Commission made rates.
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Albert stepped slowly down the steep stairs. The sound of each boot step amplified against the high walls. Sweat trickled down the sides of his face. "Finnegan? You down there?" he called out glancing along the basement floor from the landing. His foot stumbled. Pull it together, man. Won't serve you any good to appear shaken in front of him. He removed a small flask from his vest pocket. Courage, only a drop. He took a quick slug from the bottleneck. His eyes watered from the whisky's punch.
Late afternoon sunlight filtered through the glass panes. Standing at the foot of the steps, surrounded by wood planks, bags of concrete, and various tools, he glanced at the unreachable windows. Not a regular drinking man, he grimaced with the next burning slug of whisky. He never touched the vile drink before accepting the task of designing Blackstone's house. The house, he now knew, was cursed with the blood spilled during its birth. Wiping the sweat from his face, he feared it was too late for him to escape. His stomach roiled rebelling against the whiskey. I've got to try to make things right. He brought the back of his knuckles against his mouth to repress a belch.
Reverend Charles Blackstone, Just call me Rev, hired Albert to be the architect of the Rev's dream home. Albert walked along, trailing his fingers across the smooth wall, cursing the day he agreed to the job. The Reverend had specific demands; demented demands; demands that came with no explanations. Demands like a basement dug sixteen feet deep, and rooms with windows so high no one could reach them. Maybe the Rev thinks if the basement is deep enough, no one will find the bodies.
A sharp pain ripped through his finger. "Ow!" Albert inspected the blood dripping from his middle index, the fingernail bent back. Red drops smeared across the white wall where his finger had snagged against an almost invisible protrusion. His brows came together as he examined the wall closer. I wonder whether the Reverend was cursed by this house or is simply insane.
"Ah, there you are Bertie. What the hell do you want?"
Albert jumped. He brought the flask tight to his chest. Finnegan, the overseer, was a mean drunk. By the looks of him, Albert could see that he already had plenty to drink. Stringy brown hair, now streaked with gray, hung in his face. His shirt, askew, pulled away from his pants. Albert's nose crinkled as he took a step back from the stench. He replaced the flask back in his vest pocket with a shaky hand before turning to face his adversary.
"Well, what are you looking at? Did you have sumpin to say or did you want to kiss me? Heh, pretty boy?" Finnegan swaggered towards Albert.
Albert hesitated. Finnegan didn't take kindly to those who questioned his authority. Under normal circumstances, Albert wouldn't have said anything, but there had been too many accidents and too many deaths. You're not controlling your men. The slaves are being accosted nightly. How are they supposed to work when they can barely move? Material costs are double the estimate and I'm damn sure you're embezzling the building funds. He couldn't say these things and expect to walk away unscathed.
Instead, he ran his hand through his thinning hair. "Nothing good will come from this house," he whispered.
"Is that right?" Finnegan asked. A hard smile crossed his face.
Albert took a few steps backward. His stomach rolled with fear. He straightened his vest and stood taller.
Finnegan sneered at him. "I'm a busy man. What is it you want now?"
"About your men." Albert crossed his arms over his chest. He stammered, "You need to take control of the situation."
"And what situation would that be?" A flush immediately began to redden Finnegan's face.
"Slaves cost money and your men are making them worthless with their nonstop abuse." Spittle slipped from his lips. Albert took a couple of steps toward Finnegan momentarily forgetting his fear of the big man. "The expenses are out of control."
"There's more where them came from and the Rev has plenty of money. I ain't worried about it and if I'm not worried, then you don't need to be botherin' me with it either."
"How many have died building this house? How many have been murdered?" Albert pushed on.
Finnegan's fists clenched. "Now you listen to me, you little snot nosed, sum bitch. I'm in charge of the darkies here, not you." His bloodshot eyes grew redder as his rage escalated. Finnegan patted the wall with his fat hand. "Unless, of course, you want to join 'em. Why we've got a few buried right here on the other side of this wall." He stepped closer to Albert. "No one questions me how I run my business. I do the asking."
His short fat finger poked Albert's chest forcing him backwards. "For example, why the hell does this house have doors that open to nothing but a solid wall? Are people supposed to walk through walls? Do you expect the darkies to come in the front door?" he asked. His voice shrilling higher with each word.
"I do my job as I'm told and you best do the same," mumbled Albert although he knew Finnegan was right. There was no escape in case of fire. There were plenty of windows but they were all set high. No one would be able to reach them to climb out. "You get control of your men or you'll be replaced," Albert pushed out his chest trying to appear larger. "I've spoken what's needed to be said. Matters improve or I'll speak directly to the Reverend." He turned his back to the overseer and started toward the steps.
Finnegan reached behind his back and pulled a hammer from his pocket. He raised his arm to the back of Albert's head. "You ain't talking to nobody."
A hand, appearing from seemingly nowhere, grasped Finnegan's wrist as he was bringing the hammer's head down. Finnegan saw Reverend, just call me Rev, Blackstone towering over him. His mouth fell open with no sound escaping.
The Reverend was a tall strict man, standing at a firm six foot six inches. His body, massive in the shoulders, overshadowed most men. Always dressed in a solid black suit with a crisp black shirt, his appearance more like the devil than a spiritual shepherd of men. His black hair was slicked back, not a hair out of place, as he held Finnegan's wrist above the man's head.
"You don't want to do that, Finnegan." His voice was quiet and commanding.
Finnegan met the Reverend's eyes. The drunk man's knees began to shake. He faced two red pits of blazing fire in the place where the Reverend's eyes should have been.
Finnegan blinked hard. The towering man's eyes were their normal icy blue. The Reverend let go of Finnegan's wrist. The hammer clashed to the ground. A clanging echo reverberated against the concrete walls.
Albert, upon seeing the hammer, pulled a small pistol from his belt. "You bloody coward," he hissed.
The Reverend stepped between the two men. "Put that away, you fool. There is nothing going on here. A simple misunderstanding is all."
Albert stared at Finnegan, but lowered the gun.
The Reverend's firm hand patted Albert's shoulder. "Put your rage away. I will settle this. Don't make me repeat myself."
Albert slipped the gun back into his belt visibly shaking.
"Good man," Rev said. "I believe you have work elsewhere. You should go now." Waving his hand, he dismissed Albert as he faced Finnegan. "I will take care of matters here."
Albert backed away and scurried up the stairs. He did not want to be here when the Reverend settled with Finnegan. He left the basement without looking back, knowing in his heart he wouldn't be seeing the overseer again. The door clicked softly behind him.
"Now that we're alone…" Rev gazed down at the overseer.
Finnegan legs were shaking. He wet himself as his knees buckled and he fell unwillingly before the Reverend.
"Tell me, my son." His voice was smooth as a river stone. "Take the burden from your shoulders. Is there something you wish to unburden from your heavy soul?"
Finnegan felt his spine melting. "No Rev, I swear. It was as you said. Nothing more than a misunderstanding."
"Really? What was this misunderstanding?" His voice was calm and hypnotizing.
"Albert was concerned over the dead darkies. I can't control them all, you know? They're clumsy, unskilled and, and..." He mumbled off staring at the ground refusing to glimpse the Reverend in the face. I can't see those eyes of fire again. Never again in my whole life.
"Is that all?" Rev drawled. "I thought perhaps you wanted to tell me about the stealing of the church's money, or perhaps, how you were sabotaging the building of this house with inferior material." Rev laid the tip of his riding crop across Finnegan's neck.
Finnegan's blood ran cold. He stammered as he stared at the floor. "It wasn't like that...I didn't mean... I was..."
The Reverend sighed. "I can see you don't understand what this house is to become. What this house means to God." Rev held his hands out. "It's more than a palatial home. This house is being built for people like you. He smiled. His slow drawn southern voice dripped as a sticky, maple syrup.
Finnegan relaxed as he raised his face to the Reverend, hypnotized by the soothing baritone voice. The Reverend cupped Finnegan's chin and gazed into his eyes as a father speaking to a wayward child.
"I'm building this house as a home for people like you. Yes, worthy people. They will visit with us, dine on the finest food, and drink to their content. Through their journey with us, they will be freed from the destructive path they have chosen. Yes. This will be a house of redemption for people like you." His eyes blackened. The red fire returned. He tapped the riding crop on the palm of his hand, bright sparks flying off the end. His voice grew loud as thunder. Finnegan clasped his hands over his ears.
"Liars, thieves, murderers. They will all come and enjoy the fruits of our labor. They will face their sins and they will repent."
Finnegan's skin paled. He shook uncontrollably under the heated gaze of the Reverend.
"Or," Rev continued, his voice returning to his normal soothing baritone. "They, like you my friend, will never leave this house." He smiled, laying the crop on Finnegan's shoulder.
Finnegan flinched, the crop singeing his shirt.
Rev sighed deeply. "I see you need time to reflect on the error of your ways." He turned away.
"No. I swear on my sweet mother's grave. It's nothin but a misunderstanding," Finnegan's voice garbled. He cleared his throat, forcing his tongue to speak. Finnegan grabbed at Rev's long coattail. "Where are you going?" He tried to stand, but his legs would not move. "Please, don't leave me here."
The coat slipped out of his fingers. Rev climbed the stairs without looking back at the begging man. A loud ominous click was the only response he gave to Finnegan as he closed the basement door behind.
Several moments passed before Finnegan found the strength returning to his legs. He could stand. His bad temper returned as well. He shook his head as if waking from a bad dream.
What the hell happened? He ran up the stairs and attempted to open the door. It wouldn't budge. There was no lock on the door, but still it wouldn't budge. He examined the edges and saw nothing out of order. Had the door expanded? He could see it fit in the doorway, as it should.
Finnegan slammed his fist against the oak without expecting much. Two and a half inches instead of the three ordered, but thick enough. He wasn't disappointed. The door didn't move.
"Let me out of here! Someone open the door!" Finnegan screamed. Turning around, he glanced up at the basement windows. The sun's final light filtered through bouncing against the high walls.
I'll be damned if I'm going to spend the night in a basement. I built this door and I will rip it out. He stomped down the steps muttering. And when I get out, I will find Albert and put my boot so far up his arse, he'll be chewing on the leather. And then I'll put his arse down here to spend the night. Finnegan grinned. He flew down the steps to scavenge what he could. He found a screwdriver and hammer. That'll do the trick. He bounded up the stairs and slipped the flat blade between the seams in the door. The blade stuck. He pulled it back, but the blade wouldn't budge. It wouldn't go up or down. It was frozen solid. Sweat ran across his palm. His stomach began to twitch. This isn't possible.
"Albert! Are you on the other side? You best let me the hell out of here before..."
Finnegan jerked around. Shadows formed across the cluttered floor. Long, unearthly, dark shadows. He looked up to the windows forgetting about Albert. Soon there wouldn't be any light. If I can get up there, the window is big enough for me to climb through. I'll have to work fast.
He removed the planking from extra flooring stashed in a corner. Bringing it to the wall, he slanted the boards to create a makeshift bridge. He brought over a barrel. His muscles heaved under the load and sweat poured down his back. The support had to be strong enough to hold his weight. The sun was setting faster than his work was progressing.
A board behind him shifted. A bucket of nails spilled across the floor. A scream pierced his ears. A scream from inside the empty basement. Sweat blanketed his face. He ran up the stairs, his hands flailing on the door until his bloody knuckles left the blonde wood painted red.
"I'm sorry Rev. I want to confess. I'll tell you anything you want to know."
Finnegan crumbled at the door. People are going to answer for this. I'll get back at the Rev and his sissy boy, Albert. His brain fought against this thinking. Have you already forgotten the Reverend's eyes of fire? He shook his head. It was impossible. The sun had been reflecting off his eyes. That's all it was. He was a fool for thinking it was anything more and foolishness is what had gotten him into this mess.
Only a glimmer of sunlight peeked through the windows. The basement floor was now dark. He pulled a match from his pocket and dragged it along the wall. Sulfur wafted up to his nose as the flame ignited. Holding the lit match above his head, he returned to his makeshift ladder.
He dropped the spent match before gingerly taking the first step on the board. It gave a little but it would hold if he moved steadfast. One step after the other. Another. The boards started to slip. He forced his legs to move quicker. He grabbed the windowsill.
The makeshift fall was swift and sudden as boards collapsed clattering to the floor. Finnegan's body slammed into the wall. His fingertips grasped the top of the windowsill ledge. He had to catch his breath before pulling himself up. He was sweating profusely. Using his feet, he climbed the wall like a spider. He exhaled. He had made it. His elbows rested on the windowsill ledge. He breathed heavily and shook the sweat from his eyes.
The last of the sunlight was gone. He could see the stars in the sky across the field. A slim, dark skinned woman tended an open fire roasting chickens. He banged on the window and called to her. Bile rose in his throat from his fury as she ignored him. His body began to slide down. He crept up closer to the window to unlatch it.
A scream pierced his ear from behind. He involuntarily jerked, losing his footholds. His body's weight pulled him downward, sliding from the ledge, losing precious leverage. His legs spun like a pinwheel frantic to regain traction. Finnegan pulled himself back up and reached for the latch, hands shaking badly. He reached to pull the latch. His fingers stumbled against the immobile lock. He blinked hard. His eyes stung from the dripping sweat. He tried again. The latch opened with ease. His triumphant laughter echoed against the walls below. He pushed the window up and grasped the outside ledge.
"Massa? What is you doin up there?" a sweet voice called from behind him.
Finnegan leaned his face across his arms and laughed. About damn time.
"I'm trying to get the hell out of ..." Finnegan looked over his shoulder. The basement was empty.
The window slammed down breaking his hands. He screamed, his arms straining to stay on the ledge.
"Help me Massa, I'm hurt. Please help me Massa," a voice whispered. He felt a pull on his foot. More voices joined and more hands pulled at his legs.
"Help us Massa, help us!"
He looked blindly down to the empty room, the voices filling his head becoming louder. The pulling was more insistent and his strength gave way. He fell to the floor. The cracking sound of his breaking ankles reverberated off the walls. Mad with pain and fear, he screamed at the reaching touching hands grabbing and pulling at his body. They pulled at his face, his arms, and legs. Teeth bit down on his broken fingers. He didn't think he could scream louder but he did. There were teeth everywhere on his body now. Bodies covering him muffled the sound of his screams.
Blackness was coming and from far off, He could hear the Rev saying,
"You need time to reflect on the error of your ways."
It was the last thing he heard.


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Latitude: 50.8135 / 50°48'48"N
Longitude: -0.5775 / 0°34'39"W
OS Eastings: 500311
OS Northings: 102512
OS Grid: TQ003025
Mapcode National: GBR FJK.YLW
Mapcode Global: FRA 96PY.6V2
Entry Name: The Vicarage
Listing Date: 20 September 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1027641
English Heritage Legacy ID: 297845
Location: Climping, Arun, West Sussex, BN17
County: West Sussex
District: Arun
Civil Parish: Climping
Built-Up Area: Ford
Traditional County: Sussex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Sussex
Church of England Parish: Clymping St Mary the Virgin
Church of England Diocese: Chichester
The Vicarage
1833 circa. Architect W F Pocock. Rudimentary Gothic. Two storeys. Three windows.
The front cemented, the sides flints. Hipped slate roof. Casement windows with
obtusely-pointed windows of Gothic type. The centre window-bay projects with a
crow-stepped gable over it and a projecting porch on ground floor of red brick and
grey headers with obtusely-pointed archway.
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There is now an argument between the parties about CCTV cameras. Whatever next! And along with the cameras they are arguing about 'Broken Britain'.
The trouble is that all the parties operate in a strange world where they constantly compare recent figures using only those (often incorrect anyway) that support their cause. It is almost impossible for any of us to know what is right and what wrong – or who right and who wrong. And the Labour Party has been obsessed with collecting figures since at least 1997 an often changes the rules. So let me give them a different start point, and particularly the younger voters – a very different perspective.
I don't apologize for the comparison, but I am in my prime and when I was young there were no CCTV cameras at all – a big fat NOUGHT! And did we stay in or move around in fear? Not a bit of I, as when I was of primary school age, I used to go out with my friends or on my own for hours on end into the local parks and other spaces. We were free and when we are young we learn when we can play independently in lots of relatively fresh air. Before you say "but he was living in the country" – I wasn't – I was living in Chiswick in busy London and to get to the park I had to cross what is now the M4 in to central London. I even walked my sister to school on my own when I was 9 and she 5 and that was to Turnham Green which was across Chiswick High Street.
When we used to leave the house we didn't lock it, and until about 1975 nobody ever locked their cars. We lived in a wonderfully free and open society which I think the younger generation simply doesn't know existed. Looking back we must yearn for that situation again.
So now our politicians are trying to solve the problem from the wrong end. They have failed us and our country over the years by having both failing education and failing social systems. We shouldn't need more police – we should need less. We shouldn't want more cameras – we shouldn't need them at all. And we should want our politicians to address the real problems – not add more controls and cameras.
I have checked how many CCTV's we have compared with other countries and got a shock:
San Francisco – 71
Sydney – 82
Paris – 326
London – 7431
It begs two questions:
- If Gordon wants more cameras, given the above can he please explain why?
- Is Britain perfectly fine or relatively broken? And shouldn't the politicians be trying to fix the real problems?
Mike Hillard


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Ok so we're going back home to Hamilton. I don't want to take myself or the kids via greyhound and we're looking to see if anyone is around who's driving that way or would like to.
I'd be taking my other babies (kittens and guitars) and a few other things that I would not trust in a moving truck (pc tower, xbox etc)
It won't be until after Christmas but I'd like to have something steady set up so that it's a for sure thing and I can budget it right out.
I may also need a ride there and back before then to go to my doctor.


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Stenciling ... That's a wrap, folks
Groups of all ages can stencil with FMR! Here Metro State Upward Bound students stenciled in an area with a great view of downtown Saint Paul.
After 10 years of successful stenciling in Saint Paul, FMR expanded our stenciling program into Minneapolis this year! There is no doubt, this expansion contributed to another successful season. Between the two cities, FMR worked with 1,621 people to stencil a total of 3,114 drains and pass out 9,016 flyers. 2,434 of these drains were in Saint Paul, 474 in North and Northeast Minneapolis and 206 along the River Gorge in Minneapolis.
Stenciling is an effective way to spread the message that our storm drains directly connect to the Mississippi River, so anything that goes down that drain will end up in our river. Just think of all the things you have seen along the roadways that end up in our river after a rain or snowmelt. Road salt and cigarette butts are some of the worst pollutants, but there are also leaves, grass, fertilizers, pesticides, oil, gas, paint, antifreeze and an amazing variety of trash. Groups don't just find your standard bottles, wrappers and cans in storm drains. This year volunteers cleaned out everything from baseballs and full jars of peanut butter to an entire set of clothing accumulated piece by piece over the summer (underwear and formal tie included). Cleaning these things out of the storm drains along each designated route is probably the least fun portion of stenciling. The rest of the program involves spray paint and passing out educational flyers in the neighborhood. This gives volunteers the opportunity to talk to curious neighbors and share the importance of keeping our storm drains and river clean.
While spray painting is fun for all ages, many of our 2015 stenciling volunteers were youth. In fact, nearly 90% of this year's stenciling volunteers were youth, including the entire 4th grade at American Indian Magnet School, and they did a wonderful job. But anyone can have fun stenciling and we had some amazing college and corporate groups participate, too. Augsburg College's first year students rode the green line train to our Midway stenciling location and worked in the heat of late August to get an amazing amount done. The same is true for Metro State Upward Bound students. Thanks to them, a large portion of drains in the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood was stenciled this year. Corporate groups like Healthways and Veritas contributed significantly to our stenciling program this year as well. We had a wonderful time and lots of fun with each group this summer.
As we wrap-up this stenciling season, having exceeded our goals, we are looking forward to a fun 2016 stenciling season. If you have a group that is interested in finding out more about storm drain stenciling, or would like to be contacted when we start booking for 2016, please contact Assistant Stewardship Coordinator Kate Clayton at firstname.lastname@example.com or 651-222-2193 x23.


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Much like real life inside the Runescape, there is no method any person can go higher without the power to acquire specific things. The power to buy in the real life originates from the cash in your purse, where as in Runescape it is the gold power which can choose a player's destiny.
So it is very much essential to understand the RS 07 gold farming approaches. Yet since there already is a lot created on the subject I thought I would take a slightly different strategy and also share a few ideas for making more RS 07 gold for the bad and also needy. What do I indicate by the poor and also needy? Well there is hardly any written concerning the best ways to make a lots of gold using only low degree characters, so allow me share with you two of the largest methods to jump begin your financial institution roll in Runescape.
In order to really begin rolling in the cash you require venture capital. You need aprox. 10 gold in order to truly start working any sort of chances with the public auction property. But luckily this is really conveniently attained by reduced level personalities.
Runescape gold farming techniques for the lowbie.
1. You will certainly need at the very least 2 personalities to do this. You could do it with simply one personality however it's faster if you make use of two. Produce one character and also run him right over to your factions major community where the public auction house is. This will certainly become your public auction house burro. Then produce your 2nd character and also level him up as fast as you could to acquire out of the beginning zones and able to grab a career.
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PERC budget gets zeroed out by Gov. Wolf
By Chris Comisac, Capitolwire
Did failing to rubber stamp the pension reform savings figures claimed by Gov. Tom Wolf's administration lead to the Public Employee Retirement Commission having its operating budget eliminated?
"We got axed in the budget," said PERC Executive Director Jim McAneny. "We've been axed in two prior budgets, so we're three-for-three now."
You can't miss how PERC got "axed." It's the first line item in the budget to get adjusted by Gov. Wolf's blue pen, getting zeroed out. And while there were plenty of lines, and plenty of programs and agencies, affected by that blue pen, it appears as though PERC is the only agency to be totally defunded by Wolf.
A pair of sources suggested a blowup between the Wolf administration and PERC Executive Director Jim McAneny, regarding the framework pension reform legislation, caused Wolf's budget backlash.
McAneny submitted the cut could have been, at least partly, a "so there" response by the administration, but wouldn't state it was definitely retaliation. He acknowledged "we weren't able to react as quickly as they would have liked us to."
"What is the reason for that [cut]? I'm not the person to be able to answer the question because they didn't consult with me on it," he said.
Wolf spokesman Jeff Sheridan offered the administration's reasoning: "Both pension systems already provide thorough, independent actuarial analysis for all pension legislation considered before the General Assembly. The actuarial analysis provided by PERC is redundant and an unnecessary expense of the commonwealth."
According to the aforementioned sources, the Wolf administration wanted PERC to hold a meeting early in December, well before the commission could have an actuarial analysis done on the pension reform proposal.
In the absence of an analysis done by Milliman, PERC's contracted actuarial firm, the commission was supposed to accept the figures offered by the pension systems and the Wolf administration.
McAneny refused to do that – allowing Milliman to subsequently find a few errors within the legislation, including one that erased an estimated $630 million in long-term savings – instead pushing for his agency to do one of its many important jobs. However, his decision appears to have put in jeopardy PERC's ability to do much of anything going forward.
"It's gonna run tight – we can still make payroll … but we can't spend any other money," said McAneny. He said if the current budgetary situation lingers into the spring, with PERC's funding not reinstated, it could ultimately have a fiscal impact on some of the state's local municipalities.
"The potential does exist for some municipalities' state aid to be in trouble, but we're still a little bit away from that," said McAneny.
PERC is the "regulatory and enforcement agency for the funding of local government pension plans," he explained. "Every two years, every one of those local [pension] plans files an actuarial valuation report with us, and, of course, this is one of those years, 2016."
He continued: "The reports have to be in to us by the end of March. We then do a review of each of those, get additional information where necessary, make corrections where necessary and nag people when they don't have them in, where necessary. Ultimately, we calculate the costs of each plan, which we then certify to the Auditor General, and that's utilized in determining what their [a municipality's] state aid should be."
"… the governor's office forgets that we have the local government function to perform," said McAneny.
"We're also the enforcement agency – we're the ones that drag them [municipalities] into court and compel them to put the money in [to their pension plan]," he added. "We can't do that, we don't have the money … we don't have the ability to enforce the funding standard right now."
"That capacity does not exist until we have a budget," he said, noting that filing anything is made difficult with no budget.


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Organic Vegan Eggnog with Cashew Milk
Whip up this simple vegan eggnog made with cashew milk, organic vanilla extract, Ceylon cinnamon, nutmeg and clove.
SERVES: 36 fluid ounces
Use organic ingredients where possible.
- 1 cup raw and unsalted cashews
- 2 cups water
- 1 13.5-ounce can coconut milk
- 3 medjool dates, pitted
- 2 teaspoons Simply Organic® Vanilla Extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon Simply Organic® Ceylon Cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon Simply Organic® Nutmeg
- 1⁄8 teaspoon Simply Organic® Ground Clove
- In a high-speed blender, combine cashews, water and coconut milk. Blend for 60 seconds, until well combined.
- Strain milk through a fine mesh sieve, then return to blender. Add remaining ingredients and blend for 40 to 60 more seconds, until smooth.
- Pour eggnog into a storage jar and refrigerate until cold and thick. Store in refrigerator for up to 1 week.
- Serve cold and top each glass with a pinch of nutmeg.


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45th Apimondia International Apicultural Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 29/09 to 4/10/17
Submitted by Charlotte Lietaer on Wed, 05/04/2017 - 14:24
The 45th Apimondia International Apicultural Congress will take place this year from 29 September to 4 October in the Istanbul Congress Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
The Congress will offer a good opportunity to exchange experiences in various aspects of beekeeping and to discuss latest developments in the beekeeping world.
More information about the Congress can be found on the Congress website: http://apimondia2017.org/
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Friday, September 29, 2017 to Wednesday, October 4, 2017
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- Song Name: War
- Artist: Winky and the Stain
- Year: 2017
Ceramic Hello – Little Tune (Warlike)
Robert Wyatt – A Beautiful War
Holger Czukay, Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebezeit – Trench Warfare
Population One – Battle for Space
Theo Parrish – Tympanic Warfare
Prince Jammy – War in the Asteroid Belt
Red Crayola – War Sucks
William Onyeabor – Why Go To War
Vatican Shadow – Staccato Bursts of Gunfire
John Paul Jones – 4 Minute Warning
Owen Pallett – In Conflict
You joint us, Listener, at the frontline. Winky and the Stain are fighting over the future of the world, in an unlikely face off of unlistenable music and weak jokes. Or maybe not weak jokes..? In this episode, you get to decide! Join us in the trenches for what may be the end of it all.


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Physicians for Human RightsThrough evidence, change is possible.
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PHR Joins Letter Urging White House to Lead in Declassifying Torture Report
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) joins seven other organizations in calling on President Obama and the White House staff to lead the declassification process of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) report on the CIA's detention and interrogation program. The letter emphasizes that the United States must reckon with the past in order to prevent torture in the future. Releasing the committee's report is a foundational step in that process.
Letter to Turkish Prime Minister on Legal Action Against Doctors
PHR and leading medical organizations sent a letter to Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan to express concerns over the Ministry of Health taking punitive actions against physicians, including members of the Turkish Medical Association (TMA), who provided emergency medical care to demonstrators during the Gezi Park protests that begain in May 2013.
Letter to President Obama on Releasing SSCI Report
On the 5th anniversary of President Barack Obama's signing of the executive order to close the detention facility at Guantánamo and to standardize use of the Army Field Manual for interrogations, PHR and partner organizations sent a letter to the president.
Letter to Turkish President on Health Bill
PHR and leading medical organizations sent a letter to the Turkish President to express concern about a health bill that was passed by the Turkish parliament on January 2, 2014.
A Message from Behind Bars in Bahrain
Three medics currently jailed in Bahrain, Ibrahim Aldemestani, Dr. Ali Al-Ekri, and Hassan Salman Al-Maatouq, wrote this letter calling on the world to recognize their unjust imprisonment for upholding principles of medical neutrality.


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Over-the-top holiday hotel packages in Miami & around Florida
Penthouse parties, helicopter rides, personal shoppers, private jets… take your pick from these over-the-top holiday getaways in Miami and across Florida.
South Beach
Nautilus, a SIXTY Hotel – Penthouse Holiday
Celebrate the holidays VIP style at the Nautilus (1825 Collins Avenue, South Beach; 305-503-5700) with their lux "Penthouse Holiday" package:
- Accommodations in the 1,495-square-foot penthouse
- Private terrace dinner for six
- Airport pick-up and drop-off
- Complimentary welcome bottle of champagne for two
- Holiday shopping transportation to/from mall of choice with shopping concierge assistance
- Daily poolside cabana
Package rates from $2,450. Valid through January 1.
For more information and to book, click here or call 305-503-5700.
The Gates Hotel South Beach – Vitamin Sea
Get 2017 started on the right foot with The Gates Hotel's (2360 Collins Ave., South Beach; 800-445-8667) "Vitamin Sea" two-night package:
- Private daybed by the pool for the day, with cold pressed juices
- Vespa rental for entire stay
- Sunrise yoga on the beach
- Sailing excursion for two
- Bicycle rentals for two
Package rates from $814. Valid January 2-February 15. Must be booked by January 15.
For more information and to book, click here or call 800-445-8667.
Coral Gables
Hotel Colonnade – By Land, By Air or By Sea
Take your pick "By Land, By Air or By Sea" with this over-the-top package at the Hotel Colonnade (180 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables; 866-716-8147):
- Welcome amenity: Bottle of Champagne and selection of cheeses
- $1,000 shopping spree on Miracle Mile with personal shopper
- Personalized butler service
- Private 7-course dinner in hotel suite
- Choice of helicopter tour, boat tour on Biscayne Bay, or one-day exotic car rental
- Two-night minimum stay in the Executive Miracle Mile Lofts
Package rates from $10,000. Ten-day advanced booking required.
For more information and to book, click here or call 866-716-8147. Use promo code: LOPKG1.
Palm Beach
Chesterfield Hotel, Palm Beach – Home for the Holidays
Check into the Chesterfield Hotel (363 Cocoanut Row, Palm Beach; 561-659-5800) in Palm Beach for a cozy holiday stay with their "Home for the Holidays" package:
- Complimentary glass of champagne upon arrival for two,
- Complimentary English breakfast each morning for two
- Valet service
- Mixology lesson with two cocktails per person
Rates from $335 per night based on a two-night minimum stay. Valid through January 7.
For more information and to book, click here or call 561-659-5800.
Brazilian Court Hotel – Home Suite Home For the Holidays
Spend the holidays at Palm Beach's Brazilian Court (310 Australian Ave., Palm Beach; 561-655-7740) with their over-the-top six-night "Home Suite Home For the Holidays" package:
- Six night accommodations in the Hepburn Suite
- Personal interior designer to decorate suite for holidays and to match guests' home
- Private Chef's Dining Experience with wine pairings for up to four at Café Boulud
- Daily breakfast with choice of in-room service or dining at Café Boulud
- Personal shopper and gift wrapper
- Horse and carriage ride through downtown West Palm Beach and along Intracoastal Waterway
- Tour of holiday lights and best decorated sights with personal driver
- Nightly turndowns including gourmet hot chocolate, candy-cane dessert, etc.
Package rate from $24,200. Valid through January 31.
For more information and to book, click here or call 561-655-7740.
Eau Palm Beach – New Year's Eve Rock 'n Roll Tribute
Swing up to Eau Palm Beach (100 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan; 800-328-0170) to ring in the New Year with their "Rock 'n Roll Tribute" party and overnight stay package:
- Begin with toes in the Sand Welcome Reception on the Beach. Enjoy free-flowing butler-passed champagne and VIP Seafood Canapes.
- Evening celebration starts with Rock 'n Roll Reception in Flagler Hall with Champagne, VIP Canapes and Action Stations
- Followed by dinner, dancing and live entertainment by Decades Rewind Featuring Philip Myers in the Grand Ballroom
- After the ball drop, first bites of 2017 in Flagler Hall
Package rate $999 inclusive of two tickets to the party and overnight stay
For more information and to book, click here or call 800-328-0170.
Boca Raton Resort & Club – Uniquely Boca Holiday
Escape to the pink palace of the Boca Raton Resort & Club (501 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton; 888-543-1277) for a "Uniquely Boca Holiday" package:
- Complimentary valet parking
- Cake pops upon arrival
- Family portrait
- Breakfast
- 15% off Spa, Golf, and Tennis
- Receive $100 resort credit when booking a suite
Rates from $507 per night. Valid through January 5.
For more information and to book, click here or call 888-543-1277. Use promo code: P3.
For revelers who wish to ring in the New Year at Boca Resort, a two-night stay package inclusive of two tickets to their Fourth Annual Rock the Block New Year's Eve Party. Package rates from $477.
Hilton West Palm Beach – Celebrate Christmas
Things are getting festive at the Hilton West Palm Beach (600 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; 561-261-6000) with their "Celebrate Christmas" package. During the holiday season, guests can enjoy reindeer-shaped ice cream cones, peppermint and gingerbread cocktails, hot chocolate from the DIY chocolate bar and play board games.
Celebrate Christmas package includes:
- Two night stay in a junior suite
- Elves deck out the room with personalized stockings, pine wreaths, garlands, holiday lights, mistletoe, Elf-on-a-Shelf and Christmas tree
- Pack filled with dreidels, holiday movie, Christmas CD, and make-your-own stocking supplies
- Holiday themed breakfast in-suite each morning for two
- $50 gift card to CityPlace shopping plaza
Package from $749.
For more information and to book, click here or call 561-261-6000.
Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island – Suite Holidays By the Beach
Spend the holidays on the beach at the Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island (3800 N. Ocean Dr., Singer Island; 561-340-1700) with their "Suite Holidays By the Beach" package:
- Overnight accommodations
- Two beach chairs and a beach umbrella
- Cookie decorating kit upon arrival
- $50 resort credit
Rates from $409 per night.
For more information and to book, click here or call 561-340-1700.
Key West
24° North and The Gates hotels – Rest & Recovery
Check into either 24° North (3820 N. Roosevelt Blvd., Key West ;305-320-0940) or The Gates (3824 N. Roosevelt Blvd.; 305-390-0930) hotels, a pair of neighborhing sister properties, in Key West for their "Rest & Recovery" two-night New Year's package:
- Bottle of La Marca Prosecco
- New Year's Party favors to help get the party started
- Complimentary Shuttle to and from Old Town to ring in the New Year
- Hangover Hospital – Code Blue therapy on property New Year's Day to revitalize and recharge
- Complimentary Hair of the Dog cocktail on New Year's Day – no explanation needed
- Late check-out at 4 p.m. to rest and recover all day
Package rates from $799. Valid December 30-January 1.
For more information and to book at 24 North, click here or call 305-320-0940. For The Gates, click here or call 305-390-0930.
The Marker, Key West – Ghost Hunt Key West
Whether it's Halloween or anytime of year, get a taste of Key West's spooky side with The Marker's (200 William St., Key West; 855-485-9291; pictured at top) "Ghost Hunt Key West" package featuring a Haunted Happy Hour Saloon Stroll with local provocateur David Sloan.
- Two tickets to the newly launched Haunted Happy Hour Saloon Stroll, available Monday through Thursday, 4-6pm
- Copy of David Sloan's book, Ghosts of Key West
- Luxury accommodations
Rates from $459 per night.
For more information and to book, click here or call 855-485-9291.
Edgewater Naples – Jet Set Celebrations
Grab your eight closest friends and plan a party in Naples at the Edgewater Beach Hotel (1901 Gulf Shore Blvd., Naples; 866-624-1695). Skip the two hour drive across Alligator Alley and arrive in style aboard a private jet with Aura Jets. Whether it's an elopement, an anniversary, a birthday or any other milestone, the team at Edgewater will make it a special occasion with their brand new "Jet Set Celebrations" package:
- Private jet champagne flight for up to eight people with return the following morning
- Overnight suite accommodations for up to four couples
- Beach ceremony & candle-lit waterfront dinner
- Farewell brunch
- 24-Hour Celebration Suite: party suite with personal concierge, bar, video gaming & entertainment center, and guests' preferred snacks
- Couples massage for host and one guest
- Round-trip airport ground transportation
Package rates start at $30,000.
For more information and to book, click here or call Aura Jets at 888-908-0391.


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Joss Whedon signs on for Wonder Woman
Posted by Sulkyblue (17th Mar 2005, 09:50) - http://comingsoon.net
Buffy and Firefly creator will write and direct the movie. I'd have preferred to see him do X3, but that went to Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake)
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here's a challenge - update the WW costume so a) it doesn't piss off the fans and b) doesn't look utterly daft and/or require glueing on.
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Not sure how he's going to manage to find the 'everyman' character type thingy in an amazonian princess...
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Behavior patterns and emotion aren't the first things we think of when we think of computers. But it turns out that computers are pretty adept at judging our personality traits – and in some cases they are better than our own friends and family. When it comes to openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism a […]
Making friends with stress – it's not all bad
Mindset is so important. Just last night I was reading some new research on 6 different areas of health where studies are finding cognitive behavioral therapy to be as effective as medications that have been relied upon in the past. From infertility to OCD, the links between our thoughts, feelings and behaviors could hold the […]
Read for your health
A new study from the University of Sussex found that reading helps reduce stress more than music, tea, or going for a walk – no matter what you read. "Reading is the best way to relax and even six minutes can be enough to reduce the stress levels by more than two thirds…"
Facebook and 'choosing sadness'
Two interesting articles popped up the same day, even though they were published in different months. And they may have an interesting link. One looks at how, and why, depressed participants 'choose sadness' across studies more often than the control participants, even though it makes them more sad. The other is a study shows a […]
Mindful Media Research
I've started a site to collect research that relates to how we can use media intentionally for more balanced lives. http://www.mindfulmedia.pro/ Google+: View post on Google+
Avoid Tech Overwhelm with Mindfulness
My proposal 'Avoid Tech Overwhelm with Mindfulness' was accepted for The Alaska Society for Technology in Education's GameOn! conference. See you there!
Buy Experiences, Not Things
Spending on experiences is a good investment, but other recent studies showed that you can get even more when you share those experiences. One study even found that having unique experiences may lower the rewards reaped. And a shared bad experience led to better overall feelings than being the only person to have a good experience. Another study may […]
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Cognitive dissonance at its finest
Americans' love of junk food is surprisingly good for the environment.